The first section of this work claims that Descartes' reduction of knowledge to mathematical principles is a form of conceit and argues instead that true knowledge comes from knowing how things are made through human action. That section of this work also distinguishes between certainty, the object of consciousness, and truth, the object of the title study. This book asserts that all societies have a collection of "judgments without reflection" contained in a "mental dictionary" that developed from the poetic language of the giganti, or early humans, that characterized the early (*)  barbaric stages of civilization. The third stage, the age of man, is dominated by the language of reason, which causes so much self-reflection that it drives society back to the first stage, a process this work labels "recurso". For 10 points, name this work 
The first section of this work claims that Descartes' reduction of knowledge to mathematical principles is a form of conceit and argues instead that true knowledge comes from knowing how things are made through human action. That section of this work also distinguishes between certainty, the object of consciousness, and truth, the object of the title study. This book asserts that all societies have a collection of "judgments without reflection" contained in a "mental dictionary" that developed from the poetic language of the giganti, or early humans, that characterized the early (*)  barbaric stages of civilization. The third stage, the age of man, is dominated by the language of reason, which causes so much self-reflection that it drives society back to the first stage, a process this work labels "recurso". For 10 points, name this work that presents a cyclical theory of history, written by Giambattista Vico.
The first section of this work claims that Descartes' reduction of knowledge to mathematical principles is a form of conceit and argues instead that true knowledge comes from knowing how things are made through human action.
The {New Science} [or La {Scienza Nuova}]